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. >> question, by the way, the word stimulous is apparently now not used. the president's job approval rating is low. historically so. did this week put president obama back on an upward track? pat buchanan. >> no it did not, john. there's no doubt he was in campaign mode and spoke more eloquently there. he mentioned john boehner and attacked him by name seven times and nobody in the country knows who john boehner is. secondly the mosque issue and the issue of the burning korans was a tremendous distraction all week. third, his proposal, some of which are interesting, credits like that. they are too little, they are too late. frankly some of his rhetoric, they treat me like a dog is getting pity me, it doesn't come off well. >> what is the political part on obama's part? >> you have to put a face on the opposition and mr. boehner is a pretty good face. he has been in the congress since 1990. he was part of the gingrich revolution in 1995. he was video taped on the house floor handing out checks from the tobacco industry to members while they were discussing
. >> question, by the way, the word stimulous is apparently now not used. the president's job approval rating is low. historically so. did this week put president obama back on an upward track? pat buchanan. >> no it did not, john. there's no doubt he was in campaign mode and spoke more eloquently there. he mentioned john boehner and attacked him by name seven times and nobody in the country knows who john boehner is. secondly the mosque issue and the issue of the burning korans was...
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he's clever enough once again not to use it. but once you start talking about people within islam beginning to speak up, to change it, that's... it's that type of thing. and he has got a point to the extent that he's right. there is a narrative which has grown up within islam of oppression, of the west being responsible for its many ills. and some of that is correct but a lot of it isn't and that's what i think he's trying to deal with. >> rose: he believed that saddam had to be taken down, whether he had weapons of mass destruction or whether he maintained the potential to do it because of plans and... he also believed that if iran has nuclear weapons there's a possibility they'll fall into the hands of people who will use them. not iranians but whoever else. and that therefore you can not allow it. and he's prepared to say that if sanctions and diplomacy and everything else doesn't work then you have to have a military attack. >> again, i think he's coming out of his closet-- if i can put it that way-- more. he's saying things
he's clever enough once again not to use it. but once you start talking about people within islam beginning to speak up, to change it, that's... it's that type of thing. and he has got a point to the extent that he's right. there is a narrative which has grown up within islam of oppression, of the west being responsible for its many ills. and some of that is correct but a lot of it isn't and that's what i think he's trying to deal with. >> rose: he believed that saddam had to be taken...
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the dry districts are supporting us. the distribution is impartial. we send our trucks to localities that is the normal routine we do. >> thank you very much, indeed. there is massive need here. this area, we can still see areas submerged by water. with so many people affected, there are people who will leave here disappointed and there are millions like that across the country. >> yesterday, bbc world correspondent reported on the crippling food crisis in the west african state of niger. it has faced food shortages in 2005, but this report shows why lessons have not been learned. >> there's a severe food crisis in niger affecting about eight million people here. yet, look around the main market 1,000 kilometers south of the capital, and it's not obvious why. there's clearly plenty of food around, it's just that many can't afford it. and another puzzling fact, that the lifestock market nearby, cattle are being exported, mostly to trade with neighboring nigeria. this nigerrian businessman just bought a bull for nearly $700 u.s. to take back home and se
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and they would use anybody as a partner. they joined, they embraced al qaeda. >> rose: now tony blair makes this point. he says that if al qaeda had not come in and if iran had not come in it was manageable. >> i don't agree with that. i mean, certainly they were malevolent players, very malevolent players and many of the most spectacular, as the american military called them. i didn't like that phrase, spectacular attacks, spectacular to you and me means fire works at night. but you know what i mean by spectacular attacks. suicide bombings which killed 150, 200 people at a time were al qaeda linked. but the enablers were the saddam fedayeen, the saddam insurgency. they were very closely related to one another. even if, for the sake of argument, there had been no osama bin laden and there can be no al qaeda and there had been a benign government in iran-- and there were none of those-- >> rose: and there was no help with iran. >> they still would have faced a really serious and pro pacted and viers insurgency in iraq. it wou
and they would use anybody as a partner. they joined, they embraced al qaeda. >> rose: now tony blair makes this point. he says that if al qaeda had not come in and if iran had not come in it was manageable. >> i don't agree with that. i mean, certainly they were malevolent players, very malevolent players and many of the most spectacular, as the american military called them. i didn't like that phrase, spectacular attacks, spectacular to you and me means fire works at night. but...
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like many animals, the use movement as part of the courtship ritual. scientists say the same it will be true of people. they found that those who dance well are healthier. it is an age-old way to meet someone. but now is showing -- it has been shown scientifically that watching someone dance may be one of the best ways u.s. as a potential problem. it is official. menu brush up on their moves can stand out on the dance floor. bbc news. >> you want to know, done here? yes, i have seen him dance, and he is ok. more on facebook and twitter. >> hello and welcome. >> see the news unfold. get the top stories from around the globe and click to play video reports. go to bbc.com/news to experience the in-depth, expert reporting of "bbc world news" online. >> funding was made possible by -- the freeman foundation of new york, stowe, vermont, and honolulu, newman's own foundation, the john d. and catherine t. macarthur foundation, and union bank. >> union bank has put its financial strength to work for a wide range of companies, from small businesses to major corp
like many animals, the use movement as part of the courtship ritual. scientists say the same it will be true of people. they found that those who dance well are healthier. it is an age-old way to meet someone. but now is showing -- it has been shown scientifically that watching someone dance may be one of the best ways u.s. as a potential problem. it is official. menu brush up on their moves can stand out on the dance floor. bbc news. >> you want to know, done here? yes, i have seen him...
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he tried to use ... it struck me, the one unifying element in that whole national experience were the troops. the troops became the center piece of moving from iraq to the economy. i mean.... >> lehrer: through afghanistan. >> and then to the economy. we had to show the same kint of mettle and dedication and courage that they had shown here at home. we owed it to them to do it. but in answer to your question, jim, what did lincoln say at gettysburg? a little note the world won't long remember. he was excessively modest in his own words. i can't imagine that this speech will be learned by elementary school kids. >> lehrer: just to not pick up on that. david, the idea that the the president, you know, this is a war without surrender , ceremonies, and that we've had a lot of those. is he essentially saying we have to get used to that? this is the way modern wars will be ... have been and will be. is that something.... >> not necessarily true. i mean yugoslavia there was a winner and a loser. i'm not sure he
he tried to use ... it struck me, the one unifying element in that whole national experience were the troops. the troops became the center piece of moving from iraq to the economy. i mean.... >> lehrer: through afghanistan. >> and then to the economy. we had to show the same kint of mettle and dedication and courage that they had shown here at home. we owed it to them to do it. but in answer to your question, jim, what did lincoln say at gettysburg? a little note the world won't...
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they don't take care of us. so we better feed ourselves. now through porous borders and the defectors from north korea, maybe up to 20,000 in south koreas, basically north koreans are learning that they have to change. >> warner: a lot to walk. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ifill: again, the other major developments of the day. home prices rose again in july, thanks in part to a federal tax credit for home buyers. but consumer confidence was down this month to the lowest point since february. and former president jimmy carter was taken to a cleveland hospital after he got sick on a flight from atlanta. a grandson said he had a "stomach bug." and to hari sreenivasan, in our newsroom, for what's on the newshour online. hari? >> sreenivasan: if you're weighing whether to rent or buy a home, we rounded up online calculators to help you sort through the pros and cons. that's on the rundown. judy woodruff talks to the co- author of a new book that looks at the "up" side of earmarks. are they good for u.s. democracy? >> brown: and
they don't take care of us. so we better feed ourselves. now through porous borders and the defectors from north korea, maybe up to 20,000 in south koreas, basically north koreans are learning that they have to change. >> warner: a lot to walk. thank you both. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> ifill: again, the other major developments of the day. home prices rose again in july, thanks in part to a federal tax credit for home buyers. but consumer confidence was down this...
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the other one instead of using magnetic fields you can use actually a 12 volt battery over the head and that also can actually increase excitable of motor cortex. these are two ways to augment activity and plasticity over targeted areas of the brain and a lot of studies are showing that these can increase and improve performance. so the dream would be the cocktail would be to take a patient early after stroke, in this window of plasticity, put them, hook them up to a robot and stimulate their brain at the same time. and potentially give them some sort of drug and with this cocktail, ramp up the amount of recovery that could occur in these patients early after stroke. >> let me go back. this notion of where you see the future of the kind of research you are doing with the deep brain stimulation. >> as you know, deep brain stimulation is now being exported if you will from the parkinson's tremor field so other movement disorders it has been successfully for distonya and other disorders characterized by excessive movement. but more strikingly, and i think remarkably for disorders, that rea
the other one instead of using magnetic fields you can use actually a 12 volt battery over the head and that also can actually increase excitable of motor cortex. these are two ways to augment activity and plasticity over targeted areas of the brain and a lot of studies are showing that these can increase and improve performance. so the dream would be the cocktail would be to take a patient early after stroke, in this window of plasticity, put them, hook them up to a robot and stimulate their...
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use that money to pay for tax breaks for the middle class. but the business community has been talking about how horrible it is, having a tax cut when the economy is so fragile, robbing the economy of its recovery. there are a lot of democrats who are boggling. we will see if they can deliver. i do not think they can deliver the promise. >> actually, a former member of the obama administration drew the same conclusion. >> whether we are talking about rahm emanuel or peter orszag, [inaudible] the rights and in "the new york times" calling for an extension of the tax cuts that the rich has. >> this is something that the president can draw a line on. he does have a veto power. he can decide whether or not to extend the tax cuts for the rich for a year or something like that, or not. it seems to me the best thing to do would be to pull it back for those people who make less than $200,000, and will veto anything that does not help them. >> george stephanopoulos tried to nail him down on that question, but he said he would not necessarily veto. >>
use that money to pay for tax breaks for the middle class. but the business community has been talking about how horrible it is, having a tax cut when the economy is so fragile, robbing the economy of its recovery. there are a lot of democrats who are boggling. we will see if they can deliver. i do not think they can deliver the promise. >> actually, a former member of the obama administration drew the same conclusion. >> whether we are talking about rahm emanuel or peter orszag,...
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you can outsource everything to us, and piece to us. we can integrate for you and provide you with the hardware and software to meet your needs. we can provide were you you with consumer insights, and your web capabilities and ecommerce capabilities. and i think, for the first time you're going to find some of these companies who haven't had very stiff competition, will go unnamed, will find h.p. at their doorstep. >> very good. i thank you. >> thank you. >> tom: here's what we're watching for tomorrow: quarterly results from fedex, oracle and research in motion, along with the producer price index for august. treasury secretary timothy geithner testifies to a senate committee on exchange rate policies. also tomorrow, going after gamers. retailer gamestop launches a new online strategy to fend off bigger competition in the brick- and-mortar world. >> suzanne: u.p.s. is making waves in the shipping industry. today, the delivery giant launched a new ocean freight service. the move highlights the importance u.p.s. is placing on internation
you can outsource everything to us, and piece to us. we can integrate for you and provide you with the hardware and software to meet your needs. we can provide were you you with consumer insights, and your web capabilities and ecommerce capabilities. and i think, for the first time you're going to find some of these companies who haven't had very stiff competition, will go unnamed, will find h.p. at their doorstep. >> very good. i thank you. >> thank you. >> tom: here's what...
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and the collective j that you use? she won a small portion of an electorate. and traveling now. >> we haven't said anything about the weaknesses of kuntz, declared himself to be a mo an elected official. >> he's a county official right now. and he's in a position of authority. and he raised a budget over there 28%. that's what it cost -- [everyone talking at once] >> republican establishment -- >> the o'donnell campaign. >> we're just looking at the -- look, it's taking place and toomey is qzíno carrierringconn0 o'donnell wins? >> i think she does. >> o'donnell doesn't win, no. >> o'donnell loses. >> yes. i'm with karl rove again on this one. mike castle would have handed that vote to the republicans. not against public servants. this woman does not have -- >> which is it? >> i'm not sure. but i hope this will -- continues to dismiss the tea party movement and all candidates rand paul, mark joe rubio, christine o'donnell, because the power of this movement is beyond belief now. and it's mainstream america, and you kno
and the collective j that you use? she won a small portion of an electorate. and traveling now. >> we haven't said anything about the weaknesses of kuntz, declared himself to be a mo an elected official. >> he's a county official right now. and he's in a position of authority. and he raised a budget over there 28%. that's what it cost -- [everyone talking at once] >> republican establishment -- >> the o'donnell campaign. >> we're just looking at the -- look, it's...
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you've shown us the stalemate in iraq. has there been any movement to report in recent negotiations? are there any proposals on the table for breaking the stalemate? >> warner: well, ray, there are some proposals on the table that would help sort of power sharing arrangement between the two top vote getter, prime minister maliki, former prime minister allawi. but vice president biden came here to give the two sides a kick in the pants, if you will. and to say you have to get serious about talking to one another. and he told them that the u.s. administration is growing alarmed that some of these recent terrorist attacks we've seen aimed at government institutions-- army, police, municipal buildings-- are being encouraged by this political vacuum. so he talked you are the i do both of them. he said to maliki, "look, no one sells going to accept you as prime minister unless you give up some of the power you've accrued to yourself while prime minister." for instance, he has this 56th brigade and it's basically an army brigade
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scott worden, thank you for joining us. tell us what you saw this weekend during the voting. >> well, i was stationed in kabul as an observer. and i visited about ten different stations throughout the city, some in more rural areas, some right in the heart of town. and in the polling stations that i saw, there were relatively few problems. there were plenty of voters. the procedures went along smoothly. and really people were out to vote and were-- seemed to be happy with the process. >> ifill: so how was the turnout. i heard reports that turnout was supposed to be considered spotty. >> yes, i think that's true. certainly the areas that i was seeing had good security. they were right around kabul and there were very visible police presence around the city. so it is not surprising that the turnout was relatively good. i think most of the polling stations we saw were at least half full. however, as you know, the security situation in much of the country throughout the country was a lot worse. and that had a significant impact
scott worden, thank you for joining us. tell us what you saw this weekend during the voting. >> well, i was stationed in kabul as an observer. and i visited about ten different stations throughout the city, some in more rural areas, some right in the heart of town. and in the polling stations that i saw, there were relatively few problems. there were plenty of voters. the procedures went along smoothly. and really people were out to vote and were-- seemed to be happy with the process....
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, and i hope make these conditions safer for us. we talked a lot about those at the top. millions of dollars being spent. but there are other important jobs that are open, the legislators. >> that's right. we have the entire, you know, ticket here. constitutional offices. and i think before we get into a discussion about the issues, there's a couple of things that are really important to look at. there's the anti-incumbent wave throughout the country. democrats have a 13 percentage point registration advantage in this state. so whoever you are if you are a republican running, it's going to be hard to get out the vote. and as you mentions, a lot of the folks running are lawmakers already. they might be putting on the ballot that they, you know, whatever their past job was. but a lot of them really are part of the status quo. start at the second top of the ticket. lieutenant governor, mayor gachb newsom, san francisco mayor versus abel maldonado. he's only been in that position for a few months. a state senator before. and this is rea
, and i hope make these conditions safer for us. we talked a lot about those at the top. millions of dollars being spent. but there are other important jobs that are open, the legislators. >> that's right. we have the entire, you know, ticket here. constitutional offices. and i think before we get into a discussion about the issues, there's a couple of things that are really important to look at. there's the anti-incumbent wave throughout the country. democrats have a 13 percentage point...
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but against us all if it is not done. >> is that good advice? >> people love ex-presidents and ex-generals. it is also clear and simple. would president clinton have done that? now. . >> it is not a bad calculation. two years from now, it will be better. we are coming out of this recession. things will be better a year- and-a-half from now. you are right, bill clinton would not have said this either. it will be better. >> he is quite a politician. >> 9.6% unemployment, what is better? >> obama has to break through the political deadlock. the public does not care whether the government is bigger and smaller. they care whether nobody takes responsibility for everything. they have a sense that everybody is irresponsible. a writer said if a political leader can find a way to speak a different language that gets away from the deadlock and tired debate every week and get at the deeper notion of responsibility, i think that is the way to re- election but also a way of getting the country a better direction. >> you have to be careful how you talk about
but against us all if it is not done. >> is that good advice? >> people love ex-presidents and ex-generals. it is also clear and simple. would president clinton have done that? now. . >> it is not a bad calculation. two years from now, it will be better. we are coming out of this recession. things will be better a year- and-a-half from now. you are right, bill clinton would not have said this either. it will be better. >> he is quite a politician. >> 9.6%...
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we have asked other districts to support us. the distribution is impartial. we locate the localities and send the aid there. that is a normal routine we do. >> thank you very much. as you can see, there is massive need here. we can still see areas submerged by water, but with so many people affected, there are so many people who are going to leave your disappointed, and there are millions like that right across the country. then yesterday, we reported on the crippling food crisis in the west african state of niger. and as a province -- 4000 died in 2005 due to food shortages. there are fears the situation could be repeated now. we examined why those lessons have not been heard. >> there is a severe food crisis in niger, affecting about 8 million people here. yet, look around the main market, 1,000 kilometers east of the capital, and it is not obvious why. there is clearly plenty of food around. it is just that many cannot afford it. and another puzzling fact -- at the livestock market nearby, cattle are being exported, mostly to trade with neighboring nigeria
we have asked other districts to support us. the distribution is impartial. we locate the localities and send the aid there. that is a normal routine we do. >> thank you very much. as you can see, there is massive need here. we can still see areas submerged by water, but with so many people affected, there are so many people who are going to leave your disappointed, and there are millions like that right across the country. then yesterday, we reported on the crippling food crisis in the...
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bbc news, vienna. >> thank you for being with us. still to come -- malaysia's baby hatch. >> the caretaker will then -- will then come down to take the baby. >> will be new innovation save babies or encourage mothers to give them not? -- give them up? >> first though, a team of explorers and scientists will soon set out for what they hope will be the fastest land crossing of antarctica. they will test new equipment designed to reduce the environmental impact of missions to the south pole. >> it is not a car. it is not a plane. but it is an new contraption of british expedition is hoping to use to cross into arctic up. >> of course, you can. absolutely. >> it runs on bio-ethanol. it can run at 80 kilometers an hour. but there are extreme dangers ahead. are 1me of the crevasses kilometer deep. >> with them, two monster trucks that will carry the equipment for the journey. >> we're looking at how we can reduce the overall impact of the expeditions like this in the future. >> unfortunately, i cannot go to antarctica, but i have been offe
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. >> reporter: he used a long steel rod to show us how loose rock left after blasting can easily be dislodged. that's why it has to be removed so it doesn't fall without warning and cause injuries. he says some of the big mines don't do this kind of maintenance and don't follow the existing safety rules. but after the cave-in, the owners insisted the miners survived because the company had followed the rules. but the company never finished building a mandatory escape ladder. if they had the miners had a clear path to it and could have used it to escape. that out rages nellie, whose son is is trapped in the mine. >> this mine should be closed. this is an unsafe mine. it doesn't haved ladders to get out. this is a mine that shouldn't continue giving work to anybody. it's been overworked. it's a mine overexploited. you can't continue to send people who go below this hill because it's dangerous. it's very dangerous. you shouldn't send anybody down there. miner or anybody. if it's not safe. >> reporter: mining company officials did not respond to requests for an on-camera interview. jessica cortez
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of us truly believe in your subtitle. by fundamentally do not believe that most people do not believe. nobody is trying to put that in them. i am not convinced we are live it -- a living in a nation that people believe that they were made for a purpose. that purpose is to make a difference. >> that is a good point. there is such a tendency to get in side are shells. -- inside our shelves -- shells. i have to keep all that i can as long as i can. a couple of things here on this book. one thing that i discovered, i have been preaching all of these years and i did not realize. some of the basic opportunities, there is enough food on the globe to feed everybody in the world. that is astounding to me. there are some of the most successful non-profit, both faith-based and non-faith-based organizations. i am convinced that we have tools at our disposal that can allow this generation if not eradicate, at least make a dent in human suffering. if the charge would be the way -- church would lead the way, that is what people expect o
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tavis: used the words frightened and excited. b.g.e. you used the words frightened and excited. when i saw you at that james taylor concert backstage, i wanted to immediately run up and speak to you because i am such a huge fan. you'd think that as a guy who does this every night, i should know better, but i was excited to meet you, and frightened. i did not know whether hugh laurie was like house. when i saw how nice she were to james, i said let me just venture out and introduce myself to hugh laurie. >> i am sweetness and light. i suppose there may be -- i may not be aware of it, because then people would avoid me. if that is the case, i suppose i should be able to turn that to my advantage somehow and use it to propel myself and intimidate people into various situations. tavis: i am glad i got past that fear. obviously you are not going to tell me much about the new season, but what can you tell me about why i should tune in this year? >> we have sort of teased the relationship between these two characters, between house and his boss. we have played with it and flirted with
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it's just us. gwen: it feels like we've been having this argument now for several weeks but only this week the president and his folks decide really to engage. why? >> well, time was running out. the pastor from gainesville had made it clear he was going to start burning books at 6:00 on saturday night on the night, anniversary of the 9/11 attack. demonstrations had already begun in afghanistan on thursday and u.s. officials were quite concerned about force protection there and other places in the far southwest asia. and then the pastor let it be known if someone called him and asked him and invited him to stand down that he might do so, if someone from the government and the white house saw its opportunities and bob gates put in a phone call and he has desisted for the moment. this was not a constitutional question about protected speech. though a lot of people law that around. you can burn books in this country, you can burn flags. you can burn draft cards. >> why are you looking at me? >> i don'
it's just us. gwen: it feels like we've been having this argument now for several weeks but only this week the president and his folks decide really to engage. why? >> well, time was running out. the pastor from gainesville had made it clear he was going to start burning books at 6:00 on saturday night on the night, anniversary of the 9/11 attack. demonstrations had already begun in afghanistan on thursday and u.s. officials were quite concerned about force protection there and other...
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i will tell you what our poll told us. 1,000 likely voters have told us that whether you look at democrats or republicans, this is the beauty contest and all of the contestants are ugly. they don't like democrats. they don't like republicans. and for that reason, people are unaffiliated. they are leaning republicans. >> let me finish. >> they are leaning republicans despite they don't like republicans. >> 60/40? >> they are leaning republicans because they feel the democratic party -- it is over 50%. >> every independent, former republican or former democrat. scott brown one because all those former democrats were sick of their party and our guys are winning because they are sick of the democratic party. they were sick of the republicans in 2008. this rise of the independence is a vote against both national parties. >> absolutely. >> both of which failed the country in that they can't balance our budget, win or wars or secure our borders. >> the biggest block of voters in the country and obama won then in 2008 and now they are leaning republican. >> why have they turned against obama? >> b
i will tell you what our poll told us. 1,000 likely voters have told us that whether you look at democrats or republicans, this is the beauty contest and all of the contestants are ugly. they don't like democrats. they don't like republicans. and for that reason, people are unaffiliated. they are leaning republicans. >> let me finish. >> they are leaning republicans despite they don't like republicans. >> 60/40? >> they are leaning republicans because they feel the...
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used to be the u.s. but today china is by far the biggest trading partner. >> charlie: for both chile and brazil? >> yes. it will become the first trading partner of the whole latin america. and i think the u.s. is missing opportunities. >> charlie: because they are doing what? >> they -- i don't think that they have -- or put enough attention to lat inner america. in terms of free-trade agreements there are many latin american countries that would like to reach a free-trade agreement with the u.s. which is beneficial to both parties and i think that the u.s. is not moving fast enough -- >> charlie: because of the political issues in the congress? >> yes, because many times we are waiting for the next election. for instance now nothing can happen because we are expecting the november election and i think that the u.s. could do a better job vis-a-vis latin america -- and i'm not talking about aid, i'm talking about partnerships, about facing together the challenges of development in the future. i heard th
used to be the u.s. but today china is by far the biggest trading partner. >> charlie: for both chile and brazil? >> yes. it will become the first trading partner of the whole latin america. and i think the u.s. is missing opportunities. >> charlie: because they are doing what? >> they -- i don't think that they have -- or put enough attention to lat inner america. in terms of free-trade agreements there are many latin american countries that would like to reach a...
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stay with us. donal logue is a talented actor whose credits include "the tao of steve" and "grounded for life." his new project is the fox drama "terriers." >> martha, i am over here and there is a bit of a problem. sorry? 3520 costa del madre? that is a bit different. ok. you are a peach. thanks so much. >> no problem. tavis: is he stealing dogs? >> he stole his dog. it is interesting. i think the show's tone is great. it is hard to define at first because it starts out like. this is kind of where they are and circumstances draw them into a world that has a lot more gravitas to it. it gets a lot heavier as it goes down the road. tavis: i do not know what you meant by that, but this is not one of those episodic things where every week there is a different show on a different thing. >> it has to build. we had a lot of these discussions. one thing i always find interesting about these kinds of shows were either in a certain situation these guys would be in real danger, and yet in the middle of bullet
stay with us. donal logue is a talented actor whose credits include "the tao of steve" and "grounded for life." his new project is the fox drama "terriers." >> martha, i am over here and there is a bit of a problem. sorry? 3520 costa del madre? that is a bit different. ok. you are a peach. thanks so much. >> no problem. tavis: is he stealing dogs? >> he stole his dog. it is interesting. i think the show's tone is great. it is hard to define at...
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city is trying to tax us once again. and it goes to the same old argument. is it legal? i don't think it is. it's a tax on many to support few. and i think the city might be better. looking at how they can enforce drunken behavior on the streets, people staying on the streets, the serving of alcohol to known drunks and people who are drunk and maybe some of these people can be put up in the 1,400 empty spaces of city hall to take care of these people. that's my argument. thank you. >> thank you, supervisors. my name is mark wilson. i own two bars in san francisco. it's just been tough. one in ash burry and one in castro -- ashbury and one in castro. my fees are sky high. i am just opposed to it. i don't want to lay off anybody. i have to work more and more. it just gets tougher and tougher. if you can find another way it would be wonderful. thank you. >> hello. my name is john kelly. i was born in this great city, and i'm a political liberal. however, over the years i've turned into a fiscal conservative because governme
city is trying to tax us once again. and it goes to the same old argument. is it legal? i don't think it is. it's a tax on many to support few. and i think the city might be better. looking at how they can enforce drunken behavior on the streets, people staying on the streets, the serving of alcohol to known drunks and people who are drunk and maybe some of these people can be put up in the 1,400 empty spaces of city hall to take care of these people. that's my argument. thank you. >>...
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it has to come through us. it cannot just hit us, this has to be part of coming through us. this comes to the people. then they come back to us. that is what it is out. tavis: how has katrina now five years later impacted, unchanged, you tell me, your spirit, your soul? >> i look at what the corps of engineers did not do. let's face it, it was like things that have happened to show what they did not take care of, the levees fell to pieces. they take money and don't do anything. that does not make me feel great but to this is impacting me in a way that i like to tell the truth. a lot if people in new orleans are all over the united states. they have no home to go to. this could have all been prevented. but corruption at every level -- city, state, federal, all has helped in making new orleans a disaster. that is not a great thing to say. why don't the people in the united states say that we are tired of louisiana and being the most disappearing landmass? this is ridiculous. hundreds of acres, i don't even know the acres but it is a lot. tavis: every artist has to choose their
it has to come through us. it cannot just hit us, this has to be part of coming through us. this comes to the people. then they come back to us. that is what it is out. tavis: how has katrina now five years later impacted, unchanged, you tell me, your spirit, your soul? >> i look at what the corps of engineers did not do. let's face it, it was like things that have happened to show what they did not take care of, the levees fell to pieces. they take money and don't do anything. that does...
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and here is the conversation between the three of us. first of all, thank you and congratulations for what you have done here. this is a remarkable collaboration. the art institute of chicago here and the museum of modern art. how did it come about, john? >> well, it started five years ago when i visited chicago and found that stephanie working with her colleagues at chicago were doing work on their great matisse "bathers by a river." and the picture which had been begun in 1907, l/1909 and completed in 1917, the aim was to find out how that picture has developed over the years. and really it was an outcome of that that we moved to examination of other paintings by matisse done in the latter part of that period. and really from that the idea came of doing an exhibition. it wasn't first and foremost an exhibition project, it was kind of an investigation project. >> rose: why do you call it "radical invention"? >> well, i think that "bathers by a river" is a good example of this period. it's a period when matisse really seemed to have very
and here is the conversation between the three of us. first of all, thank you and congratulations for what you have done here. this is a remarkable collaboration. the art institute of chicago here and the museum of modern art. how did it come about, john? >> well, it started five years ago when i visited chicago and found that stephanie working with her colleagues at chicago were doing work on their great matisse "bathers by a river." and the picture which had been begun in...
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before us, our janet -- for us, our genetic roots to this store were very strong. we found that the finding were r and meaningful than when you read "there was this colony" and there was this time of starvation, etc. when you read that within two days of the landing a white had escaped to take his chances out there, we were very curious about who that person was. there was no name. we cannot say this is historically accurate, but we do know they left because they were seeking something better. isn't that the story of america facts is in doubt the story of our western expansion? isn't that the story of the idea of a servin class from england would eventually become the middle-class and would eventually become the upper class. the idea of progressing forward with the human spirit as your guide and not necessarily as the merchant class and business ventures that were failing at the time in jamestown, in fact, saved when the first africans came who had the superior knowledge in raising livestock. i have had people ask me why i bring the africans in because they do not
before us, our janet -- for us, our genetic roots to this store were very strong. we found that the finding were r and meaningful than when you read "there was this colony" and there was this time of starvation, etc. when you read that within two days of the landing a white had escaped to take his chances out there, we were very curious about who that person was. there was no name. we cannot say this is historically accurate, but we do know they left because they were seeking...
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please stay with us. always pleased to happen arianna huffington -- to have arianna huffington on the show, the co- founder of the huffington post. she joins us from new york. she "third world america has a new world america -- she has a new book comment -- a new book, "third world america." >> good to be here. tavis: some of what we heard what youmirrors wrote about in "third world america." >> yes, and i have things like what i have here. "i am one of the middle class americans, and, quite frankly, i am exhausted." and just that word, "exhausted," that is what americans are feeling. so many middle-class families are now basically facing downward mobility instead of upward mobility, which is sort of the essence of the american dream. an immigrant, as someone who came to this country as so many others, hoping that we're going to find a better life, and i certainly did, i am really, really very disturbed by this trajectory we are on. clearly, we are not yet a third world america, but sounding the alarm, as
please stay with us. always pleased to happen arianna huffington -- to have arianna huffington on the show, the co- founder of the huffington post. she joins us from new york. she "third world america has a new world america -- she has a new book comment -- a new book, "third world america." >> good to be here. tavis: some of what we heard what youmirrors wrote about in "third world america." >> yes, and i have things like what i have here. "i am one of...
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us? >> to discover the price she has paid for the secret -- what has it cost her to wall off her life before the age of 15? any situation socially, professionally. if there are parts of yourself that you have to keep protected, how close can you be to anyone? she has a wonderful marriage. she has a great relationship with her parents and an interesting but good relationship with her older sister. what is it costing her to have this part of her life that she does not talk about? issues still on some level walters that dumped -- is she on some levels still walter's -- on some local still walter's victim? she has gotten good kids with normal problems. and shee not perfect, not has really managed to find a great life for herself. that is no small thing. i really wanted to write a book in which -- we often write books for book clubs. i wanted to write a book -- one you would see at your son's school or at the grocery store, and you say, "she is like me." lots of people have secrets. tavis: whe
us? >> to discover the price she has paid for the secret -- what has it cost her to wall off her life before the age of 15? any situation socially, professionally. if there are parts of yourself that you have to keep protected, how close can you be to anyone? she has a wonderful marriage. she has a great relationship with her parents and an interesting but good relationship with her older sister. what is it costing her to have this part of her life that she does not talk about? issues...
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it was broadly used. a reporter at cnn put an ad on of this kind and got 15 responses in three hours. we talked to constuents. we looked at craigslist. it was clear that it was massive in terms of the opportunity for prostitution. it's not just prostitution. it's human trafficking. the terrible, terrible abuse of children. so whatever efforts that they were making to keep people off that would do these things, they were failing. maybe necessarily were failing. but it was clear, i think, to most everybody that this was a huge source of the information that leads to prostitution and in some cases human trafficking. >> woodruff: john miller, do you dispute that that's what's been going on at craigslist? >> no. it's probably pretty likely these ads were for prostitution. the question is not, are these ads for illegal services and should law enforcement take action against these ads and the people placing them? but the question is really is this the most effective way to do that? we're not sure that it is. als
it was broadly used. a reporter at cnn put an ad on of this kind and got 15 responses in three hours. we talked to constuents. we looked at craigslist. it was clear that it was massive in terms of the opportunity for prostitution. it's not just prostitution. it's human trafficking. the terrible, terrible abuse of children. so whatever efforts that they were making to keep people off that would do these things, they were failing. maybe necessarily were failing. but it was clear, i think, to most...
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the classroom gives us a great basis, and then coming out during the summer, it just gives us the clinical experience that helps tie all t ideas we get from the classroom togethep. >> today they're learning to test the bulls for disease. it sounds simple, but it's not, especially as some of these bulls can weigh 1,300 pounds. >> yeah. no, the first time that i had to measure the... you know, something under the bull, and every time he moved, i jerked back, pulled away, because i don't want to get kicked. but i think that having that awareness and that respect for the animal is what prevents me from getting hurt. >> ok, zuhal. 89-79. >> despite their busy day, there's always time for fun. and it's usually muddy fun. this testing program is important for cattle ranchers like kim and hry favier. they're fourth-generation ranchers who own the bulls on this family ranch. >> it means a lot to us. it's part of the land. we're part of an industry that i'm very proud of. and it's a lifestyle. it's a lot of hard work, but it's a great way to live. >> they tell me each bull can produce about 50 calve
the classroom gives us a great basis, and then coming out during the summer, it just gives us the clinical experience that helps tie all t ideas we get from the classroom togethep. >> today they're learning to test the bulls for disease. it sounds simple, but it's not, especially as some of these bulls can weigh 1,300 pounds. >> yeah. no, the first time that i had to measure the... you know, something under the bull, and every time he moved, i jerked back, pulled away, because i...
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stay with us. andrew ross sorkin is a columnist with "the new york times," whose book is out in paperback. it is called "too big to fail," about saving the financial system and themselves on wall street. good to have you back, sir. >> thank you for having me, tavis. tavis: of course, we all know that the president tomorrow is giving a speech. given what he had to say just days ago, yesterday, in fact, in milwaukee, what do we expect the president to say tomorrow? >> i think he is going to lay out a plan around how to spur business investment, how do we gain the economy's story back again, and he is going to be talking about infrastructure, how to build railroads, have jobs where people can get back to work, in the middle of america, that is what this is going to be about. he is also going to be talking about are indeed, research and development, a tax credit that is going to be made available -- but talking about are in d -- r&d. i think everyone will agree in the last several months, confidence is
stay with us. andrew ross sorkin is a columnist with "the new york times," whose book is out in paperback. it is called "too big to fail," about saving the financial system and themselves on wall street. good to have you back, sir. >> thank you for having me, tavis. tavis: of course, we all know that the president tomorrow is giving a speech. given what he had to say just days ago, yesterday, in fact, in milwaukee, what do we expect the president to say tomorrow?...